Automobile attachment.



J. A. WILKINSON.- AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT. APPLIGATION FILED 00T.19.1910.

Patented July 18, 1911.

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JOSEPH WILKINSON, OF EUREKA, KANSAS.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

998,314. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 19, 1910. Serial No.

Patented July 18, 1911.

fender with the obstruction the lateral notch of said bar will be brou-gl-it in line with the check, and the check will enter the notch through the action of the spring, and will be carried forward with said b To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A; WILKINSON, a citizen of the United States, resident of Eureka, in the county of Greenwood and State of Kansas, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Automobile Attachments; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accom-' panying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view'of the invention as applied, with the upthrown position thereof shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the invention with the two side parts brought somewhat together and the fender part broken away in the middle. Fig. 3 is a side view of the invention with the parts thereof in the positions assumed when an obstruction has been struck.

he invention has relation to motor car. attachments having for its object throw out or cause to an identificatlon card fall through gravity upon the ground.

front section is thrown downward as stated, the check bar will be actuated to receive the check. The recoil of the check bar is brought about by springs rear section 4, and bearing against each maticall y return the front sections to norand thus allowing the front joints 4*, with the front sections 3, 3, to be thrown upward out of the way, whenthe engine is to be cranked.

In this way it is tate or source of the license number should the car collide with an obstruction such as a human being.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the numeral 1 designates a forward extending frame composed of rear sections or bars 2, 2, clipped to the front axle of-the machine below the springs at each side, and front sections or bars 3, 3, pivoted to the forward ends of the rear sections at 4,- 4, and preferably of downward hind means of identification.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is curved formation, as shown, said front sec- 1. An attachment for motor cars compristions having a cross rod or fender connecing a jointed frame provided with a fender, tion 5, which when striking a person in the a c eck box carrying a plurality of identiway of the machine pon contact of the-fender with an obstruction such as a human being.

mg a frame composed of front and rear pivs otally connected sections, a fender carried by the front sections, a check box carrying a plurality of identification checks, and a slidable bar having connection with a front section of said frame to cause the escape of a check from said check box upon contact of the f human Working in the outlet end of slidable bar 8, having a 9, of proper dimensions to receive therein one check. This slidable bar normally bars the escape of the check, which is pressed a ainst the end of the bar by the spring 7. en the slidable bar is moved rearward through contact of the being.

13 carried by each front section 3 in such manner as to autoi 2. An attachment for motor cars, comprisender with an obstruction such as a 3'. An attachment for motor cars, comprising a frame composed of front and rear pivotally connected sections, a fender carried by the front sections, a check box carrying a plurality of identification checks having a pressure spring behind the same, a slidable bar having pivotal connection with a front section, and a spring for automatically returning the slidable bar and front sections to normal position to cause the escape of a check from the check box upon contact of the fender with an obstruction such as a human being.

4. An attachment for motor cars, comprising a frame composed of front and rear pivotally connected sections upon each side, a fender connecting and-carried by the front sections, a check box carrying a plurality of identification checks having a pressure spring behind the same, a slidable bar having pivotal connection with one of the front sections and Working in the check box, said bar having a notch of proper dimensions to receive one check, a spring for automatically returning the slidable bar and the front sections to normal position to cause the escape of a check from the check box upon contact of the fender with an obstruction such as a human being, the rear sections of said frame having pivotal joints to allow the projecting parts to be thrown upward out of the way when the engine is to be cranked.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. WILKINSON.

WVitnesses:

FRANK GRooM, W. R. PEOPLES. 

